My Little Tidbits

"the written word can dramatize mans best thoughts and highest hopes"

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:15:40 -0430

“the written word can dramatize mans best thoughts and highest hopes”

- Zapf on calligraphy

"Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people."

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:15:55 -0430

“Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt (via miekd) (via paulozoom)

Let's Start a Design Tribe

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:00:09 -0430

lloydwinter:

via NOTCOT

someotherpeople: Poster: The Soviet Union and the Red Moon.

Sun, 04 Apr 2010 00:58:17 -0430

someotherpeople:

Poster: The Soviet Union and the Red Moon.

ffffovnd: TheDieline.com: Package Design: Studio Spotlight:...

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:18:50 -0430

ffffovnd:

TheDieline.com: Package Design: Studio Spotlight: Mint

"Waiting for inspiration is another way of saying that you’re stalling. You don’t wait for..."

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 08:25:00 -0430

“Waiting for inspiration is another way of saying that you’re stalling. You don’t wait for inspiration, you command it to appear.”

- Seth Godin (via subdued7)

bitsnbobs: Bristol in a Harry Beck style An attempt to create a...

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:20:01 -0430

bitsnbobs:

Bristol in a Harry Beck style

An attempt to create a compact and simplified map of Bristol City Centre. Not at all to scale, though to allow all the main atteries running in and out of the city to be visble in a small space.

Obviously heavily based on the style of the London Underground map by ‘Soul Brother #1’ Harry Beck.

"Shoot for the moon… If you miss, you’ll be among the stars."

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:38:42 -0430

“Shoot for the moon… If you miss, you’ll be among the stars.”

- via (Sam Purtill)

Women, the best firewall in the world

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:30:39 -0430

Women, the best firewall in the world:

One human cell contains 75MB genetic information.

One sperm contains a half of that; that is 37.5MB.

One ml of semen contains 100 million sperms.

In average, ejaculation lasts for 5 sec and contains 2.25 ml semen.

This means that the throughput of a man’s member is equal to (37.5MB x…

"Emaciated data-thin designs, in contrast, provoke suspicions—and rightfully so—about the quality of..."

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:59:12 -0430

“Emaciated data-thin designs, in contrast, provoke suspicions—and rightfully so—about the quality of measurement and analysis.”

- Edward R. Tufte, Envisioning Information (via feltron)

"Introspection means, ‘thinking about your thinking.’ You know, it’s kind of like what you do in your..."

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:20:13 -0430

“Introspection means, ‘thinking about your thinking.’ You know, it’s kind of like what you do in your dorm room on Friday nights…think about your thinking.”

- my psychology professor, Dr. Ward (via erindynamic)

"misery loves company"

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:05:40 -0430

“misery loves company”

- cite unknown

"Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone."

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:03:44 -0430

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”

- Pablo Picasso

"…the egg is the greatest design object"

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:00:00 -0430

“…the egg is the greatest design object”

- Paola Antonelli

"If you didn’t do it, it doesn’t matter if you could do it."

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:29:36 -0430

“If you didn’t do it, it doesn’t matter if you could do it.”

- cited

"Perception is reality…"

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:47:36 -0430

“Perception is reality…”

- Note to self

"Successful people do…"

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:28:15 -0430

“Successful people do…”

- Note to self

"Charging for your products is a great way to make money."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:04:26 -0430

“Charging for your products is a great way to make money.”

- Note to self

"The shoe doesn’t fit everyone."

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:16:46 -0430

“The shoe doesn’t fit everyone.”

- Note to self

"Make a point, make it quick, make it strong. Don’t repeat."

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:52:55 -0430

“Make a point, make it quick, make it strong. Don’t repeat.”

- Note to self